Manure spreader



F. S. FURMAN MANURE SPREADER Dec. 1, 1931.

Filed June 22, 1929 2 Sheets-Sheet l Inventor F/orua" d. Erma/7 Attorney Dec. 1, 1931. F. s. FURMAN 1,834,022

MANURE SPREADER Filed June 22, 1929 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Inventor Z 0mm J. x z/rmam gmwm Attorney Patented Dec. 1, 1931 1 FLQRUS; 9F BQ5FBUBY NEW YORK am; srnmnna q Application fil ed lune; 22,

is, therefore, to providemeans -ada pted tobe .rotatabl'y supported on :rh'e, vehicle-upon which themanure spreading devi'ces. are sup ported, andto lie-disposed thereon intermediate the movable floor; of; the {spreader land the manure beater for receiving and conveying manure fromthe movablegfioor ,m the I beater to be properly spread upon the ground I v a I wagon box. At ;the extremityj of said proby the beater;

Another very vention is therefore; thejprovision ofan', ad ditional or supplemental means forT feeding the manure from-the movable. floor-to. the

.manure beater, thus ,insurinpjv the -.proper spreading of. the manure-f and; otherwise I greatly enhancin known devicesofthis type.

f positive which it is designed.

I Another veryamportantobject of this invention is to. provide a supplementalpr ad ditional feed to the heater or manure spreader which" will be very; simplegin Iconrm i mI- wng, d b e. prw ala eli b p a n, and; .Q h r s thoroughly adapted; ;for the 1.;pur'posef for: I I

" i ishaft 15 is the elongated. cylindrical beater drum 16; asshown; The drum 16 may be'of anygsi itable construction 'andhas projecting -;therefroin radially extending circumferentially spaced beater arms 17 .As is obvious, Figure 1 is a fragmentary longitudinal hi sdluml i i in Spaced relation to the inner. sectional elevational view takensubstantially I I II I ishafttlf abovetheplane-ofthis floor; i'llhus it will be seenthat aspace18, extends forthe tion will become apparent during a study of the following description taken in connection 1 with the accompanying drawings, where'inz on line 1-1 of F igure2.

shown in horizontal longitudinalsection.

Figure 3 is a frontelevation of my im-' proved supplemental feed device.

With reference more in detail to ally a manure spreader of known or convenprising the spaced parallel side walls 6 and important objectfof the in- Other objects and av aimagbi the inventhe drawings, it will be seen that A represents gener- I II I V v cha n ands'pro'cket connections 19.

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manure, spreaders'are provided with an endlessfloor-or bottom 8, thesame extending longitud nally oflthe wagon, and operable bejects laterally beyondthe side wall 7 of the OFFICE I je'ctingend, the shaft 12*is providedlwith a" fge'ar 13,inmesh with a relatively larger gear '14; said gear 1 being suitablyfixed to the wheel 5",'whereby rotation may be imparted to theshaft 12, throughthe medium of the said gear for operating the endless wagon floor 8,' as the wagon is drawn over the ground, A; transversely extending horizontally disposed shaft'15: has its opposite ends suitably earnaledin the rear end portions of therespectlverwalls Sand of the wagon box; one

end of said shaft"15 also projecting laterally from the'side'7 of the'wagon box.

Fixed to and adapted for rotation with this endiof the floor 8 and is -supported on the] fullilwidt h [of the. wagon. boxbetween said the floor 8 and the beater the shaft 12; through the medium of suitable Thejshaft 1'5 0 ei-aai1 messiah and'is 'a-daptedto receive rotary motion from Strap irons 2O2O are each secured at their' lupper endsjas' at 21 2l to the outer facesoi the respective'sidewalls 6 and7,ofthe.wagon I 'drurn,a'nd to that portion of theres'pective 7, respectively. Asis well known in'the art, -j sidejwalls is disposed within the. arca of the openings 18. It is to be further noted that'these strap ,irons 20i20 fixed to said Walls'6 and 7 respectively as just described, are preferably affixed thereto, adjacent the outerperiphery of the drum 16 (see Figure 2). At theirlower ends-or. free extremities,

I each of the strapirons'20 201terminatesin cylindrical drum 24, disposed thereon bebearings 22 -22. A" transversely extending horizontally disposed shaft 28 has the opposite ends thereof journaled in thebearings 22-22as shown to advantage in Figure 3.

Secured to said shaft 23 is anjelongated tween the straps 20 am1 is adapted to rotate with the shaft 28, I Thus it will be ap- 'preciate'd; that thisdrum QXiSiIltQIPQSQd betweenthe' inner 'eridsof the movable floor 8,

' a d the beater 16 and s 'l' Within the space 18 for rotatable movement therein in operative association both to the floor 8 and the beater 161 At one end thereof,'the shaft 23 like-wise extends laterally;beyondithefwall I i the shaft for operating the 'fioor i 8 said motion being imparted to the shaft12 through a sp-rocket 25l,

7, and as sa-id'extended end isprovidedwith 1 Asuitable endless drive chain istrai'ned -,,oVer the sprocket; 25 e and also overa sprocket 27" fixed to meshes-15.

, From the' foregoingtheinitwillfbe otvious that rotary motion being imparted to V themedium o-fthe intermeshing gears 13 and 14, further rotary motion in a direction as as indicated by the arrowin Figure 1 Will be imparted to the beater 16 through the medium-of thechain and sprocket connection 19,- between the; shafts '12 and 15.; Likewise .then, is it apparent that rotary motion to .the drum 24willalso be imparted thereto in adirection indicated by the arrow in Figure '1, fromfth shaft 1 5,through the medium of the chain 26,-trained over the sprockets 25 and 27; respectively, as sh'ownr From the foregoing then; it will be seen that the manureiconveyed upon the endless the additional feed being simultaneously operated with the floor and the beater.

Even'though I have herein shown and described the preferred embodiment of my invention, it is to be understood that the same is susceptible to changes fully comprehended byjthes pirit ofl-the'inv'ention andthe scope 7 i of the appended claims.

' What is claimed is: I e

a, manure spreader of the class described Wherein'the manure spreader'comprises aipair of spaced parallel side members, and an endless floor movable between said "side-members; of ai beater member rotatably supported upon said side members and arranged in a, plane above the. floor, said heater "memberflbein'g disposed in' operative 'spaced 7 relation 'with respect to. one-end: of the floor,

of an'elongated cylinder-member rotatably said beatermember, inieans'f for rotatably mounting' gsaid jciyli'ndrf member; rearwardly and beneath said beater member; and means "for simi11taneoins1y"o beater memberand sai cylinder;

2,: In' combin ationfwith a manure spreader, wherein. the manure spreader comprisesa *pair of spaced parallelfside members-an endless floor movablebetween said'side members, means for operatlng the floor,'a*beate'r mem berf'rotatably supported between-said side 'members and arranged in a'plane above said 'floor, said fbeatermember being disposed in I disposed in the space. between said floorfand spa' ced'relationwith respect-to the rear end.

for said floor,"a pair of strap, members depend jin'g from said side members respectively, said strap members depending 'from' said side members at aipoin't' intermediate 's'aid beater members'and said floor; ash'aft rotatablysup- O" l i) "floor 8, instead- 0f being "transferred directly 1 16 to be-prop'erly treated and spread upon the groundas the manurespreader travels to the beatersldas was the customary procedureinspreader s of thistype, which re-' sulted in "a greatdealof themanuredropping 7 o d before being 'conveyedior-re-i i;

ceived by the beater tof p'roperlyfedg'the manure will; according to th'e' 'pres'entinven-' tion, be received upon therotatable-cylinder 5 24 and from'thence received bythe beater thereover'.

' Thus t w sreais 'appacaa at I have provided a'very simple and practical" means to be utilized as aisupplemental feed, V w i ,'.for.'the,beater of a" manure spreader, which will be positive inoperation can be readily" I tinterposedbetween the beater jandtheadjav cent end of the manure spreader floor and 7 Signature. 

